Express giant UPS saw revenues and net income increase during the second quarter of the year as e-commerce gains helped…
July 2017
VIDEO: Improving air cargo security in the US
27 / 07 / 2017
The US air cargo industry has been debating how it believes the sector can make supply chains more secure (see…
IAG Cargo to offer time-critical service for pharma shipments
27 / 07 / 2017
IAG Cargo has announced that it will expand its time-critical service to include pharma shipments. The airline group, which includes…
Air Charter Service lands sweet flight
27 / 07 / 2017
Charter company Air Charter Service landed a pretty sweet deal last week when it arranged to fly 100 tonnes of…
Cobalt Air appoints AIA Cargo as worldwide GSA
27 / 07 / 2017
Cyprus-based airline Cobalt Air has appointed Airbridge International Agencies (AIA Cargo) as its worldwide cargo general sales agent (GSA). A spokesperson for the…
Air India SATS launches Bengaluru cargo tracking app
27 / 07 / 2017
Ground handler Air India SATS Airport Services (AISATS) has launched a cargo tracking app to help keep customers up to…
Airports see cargo demand growth reach 2017 high
27 / 07 / 2017
Cargo demand growth at airports sped up in May, reaching double-digit levels and the highest level so far this year. …
Forwarder-to-forwarder online marketplace launched
27 / 07 / 2017
A new online cargo marketplace, Transnations, has been launched, this time targeting the intra-freight forwarder market. Transnations said its solution…
Changi airfreight tonnages up 5.5% in June
27 / 07 / 2017
Singapore’s Changi Airport saw cargo shipments grow 5.5% year-on-year in June to reach 172,040 tonnes. The key Asian hub handled…
Supply chain apprenticeship scheme set for launch
26 / 07 / 2017
The world’s first apprenticeship route to supply chain leadership roles is set to be launched in 2018. The supply chain…
Spaces running out at next GDP Workshop in London
26 / 07 / 2017
Spaces at the next IAG Cargo and Exelsius GDP Academy workshop, held in London on October 2-3, are quickly running…
Far East traffic boosts Schiphol cargo volumes
26 / 07 / 2017
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol saw cargo demand improve by 8.7% year on year during the first six months of 2017, with…
Airlines appeal European Commission’s cartel fines of €776m
26 / 07 / 2017
The European Commission (EC) faces a further appeal by eleven airlines over its March 2017 decision to re-adopt a previous…
Delta invests in tech and infrastructure after table topping performance
26 / 07 / 2017
Delta Cargo has revealed its latest investment priorities after topping the North American carrier table for on-time airport-to-airport delivery times….
DHL warns of supply chain talent crisis
26 / 07 / 2017
Logistics giant DHL has warned that the supply chain sector faces a global staff shortage as the industry fails to…
Lufthansa Cargo wants to remain in airfreight’s Champions League
25 / 07 / 2017
Lufthansa Cargo wants to remain in airfreight’s “Champions League”, using a first team line-up of Productivity, Products, Partnership, Digitisation, ANA…
Lufthansa Cargo adds protective film as standard on cool services
25 / 07 / 2017
Lufthansa Cargo has announced that all cargo transported in the passive refrigeration sector will now be protected against temperature changes…
KLM boss Elbers in high profile support of airfreight and freighters
25 / 07 / 2017
Cargo can often be the forgotten partner of its passenger counterpart, but not at KLM, where the Dutch airline’s president…
Airfreight prices climb in June but growth rate narrows
25 / 07 / 2017
Global average airfreight rates continued to track ahead of last year’s levels in June, but the rate of improvement has…
Pick of the crop: ‘Cherry Express’ B777 freighter visits Sea-Tac Airport
25 / 07 / 2017
A fruit-themed China Cargo Boeing 777 freighter flew into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on the US west coast, to harvest a…